The Sixers have reached an agreement with the 6-4 backcourt player, who spent last season with the Milwaukee Bucks and the first three seasons of his career with the Atlanta Hawks.

Ivey, 26, will not officially sign a minimum-salary contract until Monday, which is believed to be for 2 years and include a significant guarantee. The league minimum for a player with four seasons of service is $854,957.

The Sixers see Ivey as an off-the-bench complement to Williams because of his size and defensive ability. He averaged 5.6 points and 2.1 assists in 75 games last season, making 20 starts. He entered the league in 2004-05 as a second-round draft choice of the Hawks.

Pretty insignificant. His numbers last year with the Bucks...

19.1 mpg
5.6 ppg
2.1 apg
39.4% fg
32.7% 3fg (35 made)

I guess he'll be the 5th guard for us. He's a good defender, but does pretty much nothing else.

Not a bad signing depth is needed for this team. Also you can never argue about going defense ever and this guy can bring it defensively. I have seen him play and he is a little better offensively than most people think. He can certainly shutdown opposing guards coming off the bench that Louis can't. The more solid guys we put on that bench the better we will be as a team. I tend to put bench depth number 1 on priority. They may be insignifigant but, you can't win without their help.

I'm from Atlanta and I watched Royal play and he's a good defender. I watched some games when he played with the Bucks and he was very good for them when Michael Redd had to sit out games with some injuries. He is actually a good 3pt shooter, not a great one but he can shoot.

I'm from Atlanta and I watched Royal play and he's a good defender. I watched some games when he played with the Bucks and he was very good for them when Michael Redd had to sit out games with some injuries. He is actually a good 3pt shooter, not a great one but he can shoot.

good to hear. i had heard he was a good defender. his agent said he picked the sixers because they told him nothing was going to be earned and that he would have to play himself into getting mins, so it's good to hear he's willing to work.

good to hear. i had heard he was a good defender. his agent said he picked the sixers because they told him nothing was going to be earned and that he would have to play himself into getting mins, so it's good to hear he's willing to work.

True. The point is this guy understands his position and is willing to put in extra hard work to contribute on this team. We need guys like this to build solid chemistry even if nothing is a lock for them.